Monthly Archives: March 2015

Why Go: The Atlantic Ocean informs the design of the brand’s first property, 1 Hotel South Beach, which opens this month. Beach-inspired interiors by Meyer Davis complement floor-to-ceiling ocean views at the 426-room, $250 million renovation of the former Gansevoort Hotel. The hotel aims to set itself apart with restaurants and bars by Tom Colicchio, rooms equipped with the latest technology, and eco-friendly perks like Tesla cars to shuttle gues…

Unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the new 2016 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S is the most powerful SUV to ever come out of Stuttgart, Germany. This iteration of the Cayenne Turbo S is the first vehicle in its class to beat the 8-minute mark around the famed Nürburgring racetrack, stripping the title of the fastest SUV in the world away from Land Rover. Along with this improved performance come added interior amenities, including Alcantara, custom color schemes, and carbon-fiber interi…

Golfers have a new reason to visit the Bahamas starting March 27, when the much-anticipated TPC at Baha Mar golf course offers its inaugural tee time. The 7,189-yard Jack Nicklaus–designed course is the centerpiece of the new Baha Mar luxury resort, occupying 1,000 acres of enviable real estate along Nassau’s Cable Beach.

The par-72 course not only provides splendid scenery and exciting game play—with a front nine punctuated by dramatic ocean vistas and creative water features and a back nine that meanders …

Serapian has opened its first U.S. flagship store, bringing the Milanese brand’s entire line of luxury leather accessories to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif. Famed for creating iconic leather handbags for Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, and other 1950s starlets, Serapian was founded in 1945 by the Armenian-born leatherworker Stefano Serapian and his Florentine wife, Gina, whom he met after moving to Milan. After decades of success in its home country, Serapian has moved stateside as part of an internation…

Every few years, the watchmaking industry comes out with a new grand complication—a watch incorporating several different complications, traditionally a chronograph, a perpetual calendar, and a minute repeater (as well as typically a six- or seven-figure price)—expanding what is possible in mechanical watchmaking. In the 1990s, the techniques for creating grand complications, which had previously been passed down from master watchmakers to their apprentices, shifted with the adoption of co…

The Swedish high-end camera maker Hasselblad continues its expansion into the consumer market with the introduction of its newest compact, point-and-shoot camera, the Stellar II. Though it shares most of the same impressive technical specifications as its predecessor, the Stellar, the camera features a number of significant upgrades. Newly integrated Wi-Fi and near-field communication technologies give it the ability to send images wirelessly to a smartphone, a tablet, or a computer. Its 3-inch, high-resolutio…

On the eve of the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show, the CEO and chairman of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche, revealed the Mercedes-Benz F 015, a futuristic autonomous concept vehicle. The sedan is a peek into what the company believes is the future of the daily commute, giving passengers privacy, advanced technology, and—perhaps most importantly—more free time.

On the eve of the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show, the CEO and chairman of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche, revealed the Mercedes-Benz F 015, a futuristic autonomous concept vehicle. The sedan is a peek into what the company believes is the future of the daily commute, giving passengers privacy, advanced technology, and—perhaps most importantly—more free time.

The silver concept looked like a low-slung, miniature Airstream trailer cruising down the Las Vegas Strip to the convention center where the s…

A Gulfstream G650ER—the extended-range version of the company’s popular top-of-the-line G650 business jet—recently completed a global circumnavigation in about 25 hours, stopping only once to refuel. During the trip, the aircraft set two city-pair speed records—from White Plains, N.Y., to Beijing, and from Beijing to the Gulfstream headquarters in Savannah, Ga.

The jet took off from White Plains with three passengers and four crew, traveling east to take advantage of prevailing westerly winds. It flew acros…

A Gulfstream G650ER—the extended-range version of the company’s popular top-of-the-line G650 business jet—recently completed a global circumnavigation in about 25 hours, stopping only once to refuel. During the trip, the aircraft set two city-pair speed records—from White Plains, N.Y., to Beijing, and from Beijing to the Gulfstream headquarters in Savannah, Ga.

The jet took off from White Plains with three passengers and four crew, traveling east to take advantage of prevailing westerly winds. It flew acros…